UES Parents Tell Plaintiffs in Lawsuit to Keep Fighting School Closures -
Upper East Side parents registered their children for a new school Monday as part of a plan to relieve classroom overcrowding in the neighborhood. The collaboration between parents groups and the Department of Education to create P.S. 158, on York Avenue between E. 77th and E. 78th streets, contrasts with the frustration of parents represented in a United Federation of Teachers lawsuit, also filed on 2/1/10.